The high-stakes world of artwork dealing is getting the Hollywood therapy, with Jessica Chastain and Adam Driver set to guide The Seller, Apple TV+’s newest straight-to-series order.
Described by Deadline as a “biting exploration of energy, class, seduction and tradition,” the manufacturing will observe the “tangled relationship” between Chastain as an aspiring mega-gallerist, and Driver who will play her “most gifted and unnerving artist.” The collection, produced by Media Res – the studio behind The Morning Present and Pachinko – will probably be directed by Sam Gold, with the leads additionally serving as government producers.
Artwork-world intrigue appears to be having a second in movie and tv. The Seller joins a rising listing of tasks circling the largely-offscreen panorama of latest artwork, together with a tv adaptation of The Final Leonardo starring Julianne Moore and Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, which can function a stacked solid; amongst them are Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega and Charli XCX. Final December, Portman was noticed at festivals in Miami and Paris, doing analysis for her position as a “determined gallerist who conspires to promote a useless man at Artwork Basel Miami,” as reported by Deadline.
Whereas additional manufacturing particulars have but to be introduced, the collection marks Chastain’s second collection with Apple TV+, alongside the upcoming restricted launch of The Savant, and Driver’s second main TV collection position following his breakout in HBO’s Ladies.
